... him, but then it was in the old days of a flippant House of Commons led a flippant leader, when jokes were as plenty as blackberries, and the First Ministerof the Crown regarded the first question the day chiefly as a joke. But now have got an earnest—may ...

... with security and honesty. But it one thing to resolve to insure; it another to select company. Agent* are as plentiful blackberries in the autumn, and companies, ranging from the moat reliable to the moat dishonest, flourish on all side*. To insure in ...

... of clothes, and a wide-awake hat. Puddletown, which is five miles from Dorchester, Beaumont was arrested whilst picking blackberries. Ho was attired the time in the clothes had stolen from the hotel, and wore a surplice, which ho had taken from the Portland ...